sweet-sounding

Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce and Jordan Mailata — with a little assist from some melodic teammates — have made a season already pretty jolly in Philly a bit more sweet-sounding with the release of their Christmas album, “A Philly Special Christmas.”

The baritone Ricardo José Rivera; the clear, forthright tenor Lunga Eric Hallam; and the sweet-sounding tenor Martin Luther Clark showed the care with which the orchestra cast even tiny roles.

A few of them are in our own backyard; others could make a particularly sweet-sounding vacation.

“Can you make it a little less sweet-sounding?” he advised his teenage daughter on “Magic.”

You'd think with my husky voice that upper register would be tough for me, but I can get a high, sweet-sounding note.